The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-22
.kEHcHleFs FOR ALL.


Charming Goods which Are offered at Re-
n msrkably Low Prices.
Handkerchief now claim great at
tention from fashionable drcssers
There never was time when manu-
facturers produced such bea itiful goods
In this line as at the present, and prices
were never so low. Only q few years
ago we gave twenty-five cents for our
commonest handkerchiefs, and If we
found ourselves at church or calling
upon n friend with one of these, we
were positively ashamed lest its coarse
ness would be detected and thereby the
refinement of our entire toilet destroyed.
Handkerchiefs that would bring, five
! years ago. fifty cents each, can now be
had at twenty-four cents. There are
hundreds of new styles seen this season,
and but few plain white handkerchiefs
werenoticed, They are embroidered in
white or colors in fancy designs, many
of them being marvels of artistic taste
and workmanship. One lovely speci-
men Of fine linen has yellow and black
daisies embroidered in each corner, and
each side shows large dots in yellow.
black and white cottons, forming a
double border around the handkerchief,
each row separated by wide hem
stitching. This style is also depicted
in pink and blue wash cottons with
charming effect. Another handsome
style is in linen lawn. with deep
border of small pin-head dots embroid-
cred in blue and yellow. Another
shows yellow and red dots over hem
stitched border, and other pretty styles
have little squares of lawn set on the
handkerchief and hemstitched around,
thus forming border. These are very
fine and dainty, and can be bought at
twenty-four cents each.
All white handkerchiefs show narrow
hemstitched borders and above these
are four rows of hemstitching, the
space between being the width of the
hem. A pretty style has scalloped
edge embroidered in dark blue and in
each scallop is yellow dot, above
which is vein of yellow and blue en-
broidery. A novelty border is of small
embroidered leaves in autumn red,
which form block patterus into the
handkerchief above the scallopcd edge.
An odd and pretty design on a
white handkerchief has two-inch
border in black showing embroidered
spots in red and pink, the edge fin
ished in small points and button
hole stitched with yellow. Another
style HIS embroidered points in yellow
with yellow band above. Handsome
novelties are in deep rose pink, en-
broidcred in white, and dainty pinks
in pink and heliotrope show pointed
edges button-holcd with white, and
daisies embroidered in white, forming
deep border.
Lovely patterns are seen in printed
handkerchiefs, and many of these are
in novel designs and combinations in
colors. stF
Beautiful indeed are those in fine
linen lawn having wide hem, hem
stitched; the double lines taken out in
alternate squares, the single square be-
ing embroidered in the finest manner.
Another, extremely fine and ladylike,
has an embroidered pointed edge, about
an inch above which is revers half
an inch wide, then another row of the
plain linen, then narrow revers, and
so on until five rows of revers are ac-
complished. .
Large palm-leaf designs are found
among cmbroideries on fine handker-
chiefs, and other large designs arc
noted. There are many handkercbiefs
cd ho1 e.,
patterns embroidered about an inch
wide entirely around them, and such
can be had at fifty cents each, just one.
half the original price.
An cxquisitely fine and delicate speci.
men is in the daintiest of linen lawn,
showing four-inch border of drawn
work. These are especially beautiful.
All these fine handkerchiefs are selling
at $1.5O each. For nineteen cents you
can secure handsome linen handker.
chief with three rows of hemstitchine
above a medium-width hem, each cor.
ner blocked with large square of hem
stitching; and another pretty style at
the same price has a half-inch border
of drawn work above the hem. Twelve
and half cents will secure very nice
linen handkerchief with hemstitche(
border, and fifteen cents will buy
those with hemstitched border and
large embroidered initial. An excel
lent quality in linen handkerchiefs fol
children, with fast-colored borders, i.
offered at five cents each.-Broohlya
Eagle.